When the cheering stops

Once the euphoria of returning home from an overseas tour of duty had passed, families were still struggling to come together as a unit.

Imagine what it would be like to be separated from your husband or wife for a year or more and then coming back together. As joyous as this reunion might be, changes would have been made by each of the partners during their absences from each other.

How do families work through these changes so they can function as a family again?

To help returning veterans and their families with restructuring itself into a healthy, functioning family, Schwanke has developed a program he calls: When the Cheering Stops: a Reintegration Program for Military Families. To learn more about it, call him at (320) 3915-2811.

To read the entire story, see the Thursday, Sept. 27 issue of the Hutchinson Leader.

(Kay Johnson is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. She can be reached at johnson@hutchinsonleader.com)